Category Archives: LP

LP president Sen. Kiko recalls people’s courage in 1978 Interim Batasan Pambansa election

The upcoming May 13, 2019 elections are as crucial to the country and the future as the April 7, 1978 Interim Batasan Pambansa election then, said Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Liberal Party president, Sunday. “Ang kwento ng mga nakakatanda sa partido, noong nag-uumpisa silang mangampanya, kokonti lang ang mga pumupunta sa mga rally nila dahil […]

Statement of Partido Liberal on lowering the age of criminal responsibility to nine years old

We oppose moves in Congress to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility to nine years old.

We stand by various studies cited in the current law, Republic Act 9344 or Juvenile Justice Welfare Act of 2006, that young people at that age do not have the same emotional, mental, or cognitive maturity as adults.

De Lima tells Duterte gov’t to stop ignoring concerns on EJKs, human rights

Detained opposition Senator Leila de Lima challenged the Duterte administration anew to resolve the country’s worsening human rights crisis, saying it cannot afford to ignore the mounting concerns over the spate of extrajudicial killings, the President’s attacks against human rights activists and Church leaders.